There is some correlation between the Japanese Yen (USD/JPY) and the US-Stock-Market (S&P 500), should be obvious:

The Bank of Japan on Friday (29th Jan. 2016) became the latest central bank to move its deposit rate into negative territory. By doing so, the BOJ thrust the theme of monetary-policy divergence - which market strategists pointed to as the main driver behind the dollar’s aggressive rally between the summer of 2014 and early 2015 - back into the spotlight. Following chart shows the ...

To stock market technicians, the Long-Term Chart below is the mother of all "descending wedge" patterns. It's the U.S. Dollar Index, as measured and reported monthly by the Treasury Department, going back more than four decades.

For the most part, as goes the Yen over the past several years, so goes the carry trade - and risk-on assets. For example, the relationship between the Yen and equities has been very tight (on an inverse basis) over the recent years.

Very theoretic, but good to think about it; most recent yield steepness observed (rising since several weeks already). For information purposes: Shaded areas indicate U.S. recessions in the last decades.

Just for Info; HIGH (!!) RISK; At approximately 10:20 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday (2nd March 2017), the price of Bitcoin climbed to USD 1,241.30 which was an all-time high for the digital currency. At the same time, the spot price of gold sat...

Intro: Bill Gates's net worth still beats bitcoin's entire market cap; HowMuch.net on 21st June 2017 put things into perspective and demonstrated that for all the buzz and excitement bitcoin has generated, it still has a long way to...

The MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 5 Index is a modified market cap-weighted index which tracks the performance of the 5 largest and most liquid digital assets. Most demanding size and liquidity screenings are applied to potential index...

Here to wrap up, how many days it took the Dow Jones Industrial Average AND the Bitcoin (in the year 2017 alone) to reach another milestone (round numbers like 1k): The cryptocurrency was breaking through...

Below the following table you will find the %-indications, what bitcoin would roughly equal as a percentage of the total value of the given sectors. The market sizes were taken from the "Money Project":

The MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 5 Index is a modified market cap-weighted index which tracks the performance of the 5 largest and most liquid digital assets. Most demanding size and liquidity screenings are applied to potential index...

The Bloomberg dollar index is on track for an annual decline of ca. 8.2%, though it has pared its drop from the more than 10% seen early in September. The dollar had surged to a 14-year high on 3rd January, including a 2017 low for EUR/USD at 1.0341. The Euro...

"[Cryptocurrencies] are unlikely to disappear completely and could easily survive in varying forms and shapes among players who desire greater decentralization, peer-to-peer networks and anonymity, even as the latter is under threat," the report said, adding...